#2A9489#2A9489

#2A9489 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.095 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A9489
RGB	rgb(42, 148, 137)
HSL	hsl(174, 56%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(174, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 7.4%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.56, -32.04, -2.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.56, 32.16, 185.01°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% -0.0946 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.095 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.0580, 23.4763, 27.3471)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A9489 #942A35

analogous

#2A9454 #2A9489 #2A6A94

triadic

#2A9489 #892A94 #94892A

tetradic

#2A9489 #542A94 #942A35 #6A942A

square

#2A9489 #542A94 #942A35 #6A942A

split-complementary

#2A9489 #942A6A #94542A

monochromatic

#0F3531 #1C645D #2A9489 #38C4B5 #65D3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#2A9489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#2A9489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A9489

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A9489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A9489	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D808A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a9489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 148, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.095 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b4ab',
    500: '#2a9489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a9489;
$custom-light: #74b4ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a9489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.774,
    "s": 55.789,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60515,
    "c": 0.09494,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A9489

secondary

#B9606A

accent

#4958DF

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A9489

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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